oiseau-mouche
French edit
Etymology edit
From oiseau (“bird”) + mouche (“fly (insect)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oiseau-mouche m (plural oiseaux-mouches)
- hummingbird (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae)
- Synonym: colibri
Further reading edit
- “oiseau-mouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.